Fall 2020 Bayes@Lund is organizing a book club on the foundational book Probability Theory: The logic of science by E.T. Jaynes
Why this book is important (video introduction by Aubrey Clayton)
Total of 3 sessions (~6 weeks)
- Session 1 (19 October 2020, 15:00)
Plausible Reasoning and The Quantitative Rules (chapters 1 and 2) – text, video1, video2 - Session 2 (09 November 2020, 15:00)
Elementary Sampling Theory (chapter 3) – text, video - Session 3 (23 November 2020 15:00)
Elementary Hypothesis Testing (chapter 4) – text, video1, video2
Participants are expected to read the respective chapter(s) in the book prior to the meeting. If you don’t get the chance to study the chapter, please, watch the video lecture. After the three sessions we will assess the interest to continue and may schedule another 3-5 sessions.
The Bayes@Lund Book Club (BLBC) sessions will consist of a 20-30 min lecture covering the material from the chapter(s) followed by a 30-40 min discussion.
Welcome
Dmytro, Rasmus and Ullrika